http://www.hauntingyouryard.com A blog about Halloween & how-to's! Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:04:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quick progress update since we went out to the shop last night and did a little work. So I wasn't sure how happy I would be with the skeleton after it dried and I planned to decide how to proceed next depending on what it looked like.  It dried better than ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/08/halloween-projects-progress/ So we were back out at the shop yesterday, working on our projects.  What we did/needed to be done: We had to finish the tombstone we were making for the coach of a football team.  Then Shane was going to start my toe pincher coffin because we need it for the ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/08/halloween-projects-continued/ I thought I would post a link to Flickr where our Halloween pictures from Halloween '07 are posted in a set: Halloween '07 on Flickr I think there is more there then posted on this website.ShareThis http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/08/halloween-pictures/ So we have finally gotten started with the Halloween projects.  The first ones are adding more headstones to the graveyard. I will do a complete how-to once we have gone through the entire process.  But for now, I'm just blogging about what we did yesterday. Shane is actually working on a tombstone ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/08/getting-started-with-headstones/ This summer is flying by and we have so much to do to get ready for Halloween!  One of the things on the list obviously, is adding to the graveyard.  What better way to get inspiration than to visit an old cemetery. Shane and I recently did this on our way ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/07/halloween-graveyard-inspiration/ Well, alright, it's not haunted in that ghosts and goblins are rattling chains or moving things as we make our way through the shop. Rather, it's soon to be our new building space dedicated to working on the ensuing props & decorations for this upcoming Halloween. Therefore, it's going to ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/05/our-haunted-shop/ If you're as fortunate as us, there's a company over in Boulder called The Resource Yard that specializes in recycled building materials. We've popped over there many times over the years to rummage through their inventory. Initially it was a bit disorganized and we haven't been over there in a ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/05/nothing-like-a-great-find/ So we are slowly making the transition from working and building in our garage to moving everything to our storage condo.  We are setting up a space there dedicated to Halloween props.  Which is exciting!  For one thing, we don't have to continually keep putting everything up, or as what ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/05/getting-ready/ I would like to say right off the bat, that I realize some of the things we incorporate into our voodoo room are not voodoo  and this year we will most likely be adding more.  But the overall feel we are going for is that voodoo feel - like what ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/05/the-voodoo-room/ I've been sitting blogging on my personal blog and Halloween came over me a bit, so I hopped over here. I have the window to my office barely cracked and a breeze is blowing in. It is making a creepy sound....so it reminded me of Halloween, and of ... http://www.hauntingyouryard.com/2008/04/scary-halloween-music/